Peterborough-Lakefield police

Assault with a weapon arrest:
The accused, a 30-year-old man, is on conditions stemming from a previous domestic incident to remain away from the victim, a 23-year-old woman.
On Dec. 15, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the accused and the victim became involved in an argument at the victim’s home. During the argument the victim reported to police that the accused had assaulted her and had taken a decorative spear displayed in the home and had pointed it at her throat and torso.
The victim reported that the accused had then smashed a painting in the home and broke various other items before stealing her bank card and fleeing the residence. An amount of money was stolen from the victim’s bank account. The victim was able to call police and officers attended the residence but were not able to locate the accused.
On Dec. 15, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the accused for charges of assault, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, mischief, two counts of theft under $5,000 and failing to comply with his conditions.
On Monday (Dec. 17), 2012 the accused attended the police station to turn himself in on the noted charges. The accused was placed under arrest, appeared in court on Dec. 17, was remanded in custody and will appear again in court later today. The name of the accused will not be released in order to protect the identity of the victim.

Assault arrest:
On Monday (Dec. 17), at approximately 6:50 p.m., the accused was in a vehicle with a group of people that included the victim, a 17-year-old man. The accused became confrontational with the victim at which point the victim reported that the accused punched him in the side of the face. Police later located the accused at his home where he was placed under arrest.
Jeffrey Jordan Shearer, 18, of Arthur Avenue, is charged with assault and breaching his conditions to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. He was held in custody and is scheduled to appear in court later today.

Assault arrest:
On Dec. 16, at approximately 5 p.m., the accused, a 17-year-old female and two of her friends attended the victim’s Water Street apartment where she rents a room to pick up some of her belongings. When the victim, a 26-year-old woman, told the accused that her belongings were not there and attempted to close the door, the accused forced her way into the apartment and began assaulting the victim.
Police were contacted and as a result of the investigation the 17-year-old woman was arrested and charged with assault and break, enter a place to commit an indictable offence.
She was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 14, 2013. Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act the name of a young offender cannot be released.

Breach of probation arrest:
The accused, a 47-year-old man, is on conditions stemming from a previous domestic incident to not communicate with and remain away from the victim, a 30-year-old woman. On Dec. 13, the couple became involved in an argument at the victim’s home which a neighbour overheard and called police.
Police attended the victim’s residence and learned that the accused had been breaching his conditions by being at the victim’s home but had since left. On Monday (Dec. 17), a warrant was issued for the arrest of the accused for the charges of disobey court order and two counts of breaching his conditions. On Dec. 17 the accused attended the police station where he turned himself in and what placed under arrest on the strength of the warrant.
He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 17, 2013. The name of the accused will not be released in order to protect the identity of the victim.